Archive timeline
2000
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2000, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2000
- APRIL 28, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Indian men found guilty of the death of two people...
Two Indian men found guilty of the death of two people were executed in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing...
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing that China retained the death penalty but controls it strictly and uses it cautiously
- APRIL 27, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain welcomed the adoption...
Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain welcomed the adoption of the European Union's resolution on the death penalty at the Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 27, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A research by Australia SCAN, which has tracked social...
A research by Australia SCAN, which has tracked social attitude and lifestyles for the past five years showed that in 2000 Australians felt private freedoms needed to be balanced with a strict behavioural code
- APRIL 27, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body...
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania) issued a pastoral letter on the occasion of the Day of Life, which Catholics celebrate on the last Sunday of April
- APRIL 27, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment...
Allaberdiyev Arslanbek was sentenced to capital punishment for drug smuggling
- APRIL 27, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Canada's foreign affairs minister, Lloyd Axworthy,...
Canada's foreign affairs minister, Lloyd Axworthy, said he was shocked and disappointed by Vietnam's decision to execute a Canadian woman
- APRIL 27, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced...
Azam Faryad-Shiran and Abbas Azadmard were sentenced to death and 91 lashes for killing Faryad-Shiran's husband
- APRIL 27, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Ronald Keith Boyd, 43, black, was executed by lethal...
Ronald Keith Boyd, 43, black, was executed by lethal injection
- APRIL 26, 2000North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Macedonia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Spain cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand cosponsored the resolution on the death...
New Zealand cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Latvia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death...
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana voted against the resolution on the death...
Botswana voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Bulgaria cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Belarus cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Cyprus cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Congo cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Congo cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Romania cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada condemned Vietnam for executing Nguyen Thi Hiep,...
Canada condemned Vietnam for executing Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Vietnamese-born Canadian citizen convicted of drug trafficking, on April 24
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ge Lanzhen and Xu Ruzhen, leaders of a criminal gang...
Ge Lanzhen and Xu Ruzhen, leaders of a criminal gang of 16 people, all of them farmers from Guangnan County, Yunnan Province, were executed in Wenshan after being sentenced to death in November 1999
- APRIL 26, 2000BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
Bolivia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Bolivia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Japan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Mexico cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000PanamaDEATH PENALTY
Panama cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Panama cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no